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What does Delacroix's “Liberty Leading the People” celebrate?

One woman, one flag, and the Revolution becomes an image again.

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In 1830, The Three Glorious Days (July 27-29, 1830) drove King Charles X from the throne. Eugène Delacroix painted Liberty Leading the People at once.

Allegory and reportage blend together: this is Romanticism in action.

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Gavroche · person: The child hero of Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables', inspired by the boy with pistols in Delacroix's painting.
July 27-29, 1830 · event: Three revolutionary days that overthrew King Charles X, who wanted to suppress freedom of the press and reduce voting rights. Louis Philippe I took the constitutional throne in his place.
July Revolution (July 27-29, 1830) · event: Three revolutionary days that overthrew King Charles X, who wanted to suppress freedom of the press and reduce voting rights. Louis Philippe I took the constitutional throne in his place.
Louis-Philippe I · person: The last King of the French (1830-1848), who came to power after the July Revolution; he purchased the painting by Delacroix before hiding it because he judged it too subversive.

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